Following the release of the mid-season update for Apex Legends, players are unhappy with nerfs made to Pathfinder, specifically his grapple ability. While this massive patch for Season 23 of Apex Legends looked to make some Legends, such as Mirage and Loba, more viable in matches, some players think the nerfs to Pathfinder went too far.

A Pokemon fan is getting plenty of attention online after posting their creative idea of making a group of Drifloons in real life. Done as part of celebrating the Pokemon fan's birthday, the multiple Drifloons are photographed from a variety of angles and locations around their apartment, leading to a charming photo series that has caught the eye of thousands of fellow fans.

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The latest PS5 accessories get a new look with the Midnight Black Collection bringing the galaxy-inspired Midnight Black colorway to the PlayStation Portal remote player, DualSense Edge wireless controller, Pulse Elite wireless headset, and Pulse Explore wireless earbuds.Play VideoThese accessories perfectly complement the Midnight Black PS5 accessories already available, including the DualSense wireless controller and PS5 console covers.View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageEach Midnight Black accessory features a unique, rich shade of black, with sleek detailing on various buttons and accents such as the PlayStation logo. The Midnight Black design extends to the included charging case for Pulse Explore earbuds, charging hanger for Pulse Elite headset, and carrying case for DualSense Edge controller. The Pulse Elite wireless headset and Pulse Explore wireless earbuds will also include a felt grey carrying case.The new Midnight Black Collection will be available at the following suggested retail prices (SRP):View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imagePlayStation Portal remote player Midnight Black: SGD 295.90 | MYR 999 | IDR 3,599,000 | THB 7,790View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imagePulse Explore wireless earbuds Midnight Black: SGD 295.90 | MYR 999 | IDR 3,599,000 | THB 7,790 | PHP 12,490 | VND 5,699,000Pulse Elite wireless headset Midnight Black: SGD 199,90 | MYR 699 | IDR 2,499,000 | THB 5,190 | PHP 8,390 | VND 3,999,000View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageDualSense Edge wireless controller Midnight Black: SGD 295.90 | MYR 999 | IDR 3,599,000 | THB 7,790 | PHP 12,490 | VND 5,699,000The new Midnight Black collection launches on February 20, 2025, with pre-orders beginning on February 6 in participating retailers. Availability may vary by country/region, so be sure to check your local retailer for availability.Which new Midnight Black accessory design is your favorite? Share your thoughts in the comments below, and head to PlayStation.com for more details on the latest PS5 accessories.

Garmin produces more variations on the smartwatch theme than anyone else, and the Instinct series is the range that prioritizes battery life first and foremost (with a little help from solar charging). Three years after the Instinct 2 series first appeared, Garmin has now unveiled the Instinct 3 models at CES 2025.The headline feature here is an upgraded screen option. One of the main reasons the Instinct 2 watches offer such good battery life is they use low-res, monochrome MIP displays: These displays are still available with the Instinct 3 series, but there are now models with bright, full color AMOLED displays, too (check our guide to MIP vs AMOLED for more details). The new AMOLED option for the Instinct 3. Credit: Michelle Ehrhardt If you go for a monochrome MIP display Instinct 3, the screen is slightly bigger than it was on the Instinct 2, and you also get solar chargingwhich in theory gives you unlimited battery life (assuming you live in a sunny part of the world). Garmin says the solar charging panel has been improved on the new watches, giving you (for example) more than five times the battery life in GPS mode when solar charging on the largest size.Opt for the AMOLED screen, and you don't get solar charging or quite as much battery life, but you do get full color displays. Garmin says the AMOLED models in "smartwatch mode" (with most features switched on but no GPS) can deliver up to 24 days of battery life. For the MIP Solar model, that goes up to 40 daysand if you're always in sunny weather and never pushing your watch too hard, you may never need to recharge it again.As usual, battery life will depend on a variety of factors, not just the screenso take these as estimates rather than guarantees. Like the Instinct 2 ranges, the Instinct 3 smartwatches come with a variety of battery modes so you can decide whether to prioritize features and performance or battery life. The monochrome MIP option for the Instinct 3, matching the Instinct 2. Credit: Michelle Ehrhardt Both monochrome MIP and AMOLED options are available in 45mm or 50mm sizes, and all models have a built-in flashlight and a reinforced metal bezel. First introduced with the Instinct 2X, the flashlight is now available across all the Instinct 3 models, and comes with a clever trick: You can set it to a strobe mode, which might come in handy when you need to make yourself visible while jogging late at night, for instance.There's also a more affordable Instinct E model, available in 40mm and 45mm sizes, which has the monochrome MIP display but no solar charging, no flashlight, and no metal bezel. It does still offer a lot of the same fitness tracking and navigation tricks though, so is worth weighing up if you have a smaller budget and like the Garmin Instinct aesthetic.Of course, all of the usual Instinct benefits are passed over to the new range, including 10 ATM water resistance, and MIL-STD 810 military standard thermal and shock protection. The rather unusual screen layout is retained on the MIP models too (and available as an option on the AMOLED watch faces), with a little screen-within-a-screen in one corner, that can be set up to show a variety of stats or indicators. The new and more affordable Instinct E model. Credit: Michelle Ehrhardt There are no new sensors on the Instinct 3, but there wasn't much need for an upgrade here: As before, the watch can track a host of health and fitness stats (including heart rate variability and blood oxygen saturation), as well as offering GPS and compass navigation, contactless payments, and smart notifications from your phone.Tempted to buy one? Orders open Jan. 10 on the Garmin website, with prices starting at $449.99 for the 45mm AMOLED model, $399.99 for the 45mm MIP Solar model, and $299.99 for the 40mm Instinct E model. The primary color option is Black/Charcoal, but a number of limited edition choices are also going to be available.

The first thing people tend to do when they get a pizza oven is invite you over for a pizza party, at which they will inevitably serve burned, yet undercooked pizza, and maybe even sacrifice a pie or two by dropping it in a failed attempt to turn it while in the oven. At CES 2025, Current Backyard has introduced a smart pizza oven that might solve for these problems. The Current Model P Smart Pizza Oven is an electric pizza oven enabled with wifi and Bluetooth that can be used both indoors and outdoors. With help from an accompanying app, it promises to cook a perfect pie every time.Cook a pizza at up to 850FOn its face, the concept is appealing: An oven that eliminates the most common pains of pizza-making by leveraging smart tech. The Model P uses an algorithm to cycle its heating, and so you never need to turn the pizza while it is in the oven, which is hard to do without a lot of practice. You dont even need to open the door while the pizza is cooking.The accompanying app has a Pizza Build Calculator, so regardless of what kind of pizza you want to make, it will tell you the exact amount of sauce, cheese, and toppings you need for, say, a 12-inch pizza in the style you choose (Neapolitan, New York, Thin Crust). Then, it will tell the oven how long and at what temperature to cook itup to 850F.You just have to get the pizza onto the cordierite cooking stone and then let the app and the oven handle it from there. Current claims that the oven doesn't need to reheat between pizzas, eitheryou can slide them in and out continuously, which is more like how a traditional wood pizza oven operates. Since a pizza oven is still just an oven, you can utilize the Model P for other cooking instances using the low or high broil function.How much the Current smart pizza oven will costThe oven looks sturdy enough, and is made of stainless steel. It comes with a 10-year limited warranty, and at $599, is priced on par for the market when compared to other electric ovens with the same temperature capacity. (While pricing for dedicated pizza ovens varies, theyre often not cheapthis smart model from Breville, for example, starts at around $800).As someone with a few smart cooking devices, including the Brisk It Origin grill and the Brava Oven, both of which work the same way (let the app and device take over the cook time and temperature), I am a fan of the general concepts. I am a confident cook, but it's also nice to sometimes ease up and let a machine take over. The oven isnt making the sauce or choosing the quality of toppingsyoure still ultimately in charge of the quality of the resultbut the labor of standing over a stove and figuring out when something is done cooking is off the table, so to speak.Current has a mixed track record (for me)That said, I tested a Current smart backyard grill this past summer, and although it did precisely what it promised, I didnt love the experience. Electric grills are great if you cant use gas, charcoal, or wood for some reason, but you dont get the same great smokiness or char you would from a real grill. I also found the Current to be a pain to clean. Without hands-on testing, it's hard to know if this pizza oven will offer similar setbacks.As pizza ovens go, 850F isnt actually all that hotwood-fired pizza ovens can climb to over 1000F, and high heat is critical for creating the best crust. Still, it's not like you can bring a wood pizza oven inside your home, and electric pizza ovens are already quite popular, so adding smart tech to one of them is a potential win. We'll find out when it hits the market: The Model P should be available sometime in the second quarter of 2025.

Surprising no one, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang isn't too worried about a future filled with robots and superintelligent AI. In fact, he welcomes it. During a CES Q&A session with media and analysts, Huang was asked if he thought intelligent robots would ultimately side with humans, or against them. "With the humans, because we're going to build them that way," he replied confidently."The idea of superintelligence is not unusual," Huang continued. "I have a company with many many people who are superintelligent in their field of work. I'm surrounded by superintelligence. And I prefer to be surrounded by superintelligence than the alternative."Given that the hype around generative AI has been huge for NVIDIA's business it's currently vying with Apple and Microsoft for the largest valuation in the world it makes sense that Huang would be all for a future where we're more reliant on smarter AI. He falls short of proclaiming the arrival of god-like artificial general intelligence (AGI) like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Tesla's Elon Musk, instead Huang's vision sounds more task-focused."That's the future, you're going to have superintelligent AI that will let you write, analyze problems, deal with supply chain planning, write software, design chips," he said. "The technology, of course, can be used in many ways, but it's humans that are harmful. I think machines are machines."During the morning Q&A session, which came after Huang's lengthy CES keynote to a mostly unenthusiastic crowd, he admitted that he did a poor job of conveying his vision for AI in the real world. Huang thinks the combination of NVIDIA's Omniverse technology for visualizing 3D routines, as well as NVIDIA Cosmos for generating photorealistic environments for AI training, will make it easier to train robots for real-world work. That could end up being one small step towards AI superintelligence or, at the very least, slightly more capable robots.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-welcomes-the-rise-of-superintelligent-ai-at-ces-2025-002827074.html?src=rss

Im not a fan of those TVs sold in picture frame surrounds that companies tell you are good for displaying art in your homes. Theres something unconvincing about using a powered, backlit screen for things youre meant to stare at for quite a while. Can you really appreciate Turners Norham Castle Sunrise if youre struggling with eyestrain after five minutes or so? Perhaps the cure for my dourness is to be found in PocketBook's new device, InkPoster. It uses a big, color e-paper display to do the same job, giving your eyes a better chance of seeing the brush strokes up close and personal.InkPoster is a series of color e-paper displays equipped with battery packs that can be hung in your home for up to a year on a single charge. Theres no power cable, and it can be mounted in portrait or landscape orientation, depending on your taste. Youll be able to access a library of curated art, put together by a team of professional art consultants and select what you want to see inside the InkPoster companion app. Youll also be able to use it as a regular old digital photo frame, ideal for when you want to pull a masterpiece from online and display that instead.Photo by Daniel CooperThere are three display sizes based on two different technologies, Spectra 6 and Sharps IGZO. The former is found in the 13.3-inch model with a 1,200 x 1,600 resolution, which packs a 14,000mAh battery pack. Theres a 28.5-inch edition with a 2,160 x 3,060 display which uses a hybrid of both display technologies. Finally, theres a 31.5-inch model with a 2,560 x 1,440 resolution that uses Spectra 6 and is designed to be a real focal point in your home. The two larger models both pack a 20,000mAh battery, with the same promise of a year or so of running. But, it's worth saying that runtime is based on you not changing the images too frequently, especially since these prototypes take a few minutes to switch between images.Having now seen these up close, I can say they're more promising in the real world than they are on the internet. The colors pop a lot more than you might expect from an e-paper display, and you're able to see brush strokes in the paintings. At least, you can if you don't stand too close peer in as you might with a real painting and you'll just see the pixels used to assemble each image. Certainly, it's a neat way to get some high art on your walls without the need to be forever yoked to the same picture. But you might find there are some art styles that work better than others.As these are prototypes, PocketBook isn't yet ready to commit to pricing, but said that it'll initially offer its art app for free, with a subscription potentially in the offing further down the line. Similarly, it isn't going to talk about how much each model will cost until April or May, when they'll be ready to pre-order. But Enrico Mueller, PocketBook's Managing Director, suggested a ballpark for the 13.3-inch model would be around 600 ($620), while the 31.5-inch model will retail for something like 1,700. The 28-inch unit, however, will be more given the extra technology on show, and so will be around 2,500.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/inkposter-uses-an-e-paper-display-to-bring-art-to-your-home-170016899.html?src=rss

Another CES, another opportunity for the technology industry to lob a trebuchets worth of molten lead at the last vestiges of my dignity. This year, its EcoFlow that is showing off this delightful solar hat that does more for then planet, and your phone, than it does your personal brand. Admittedly, if youre wearing a suitably outdoorsy fit, its probably not going to look too out of place, but its aesthetics are second to its function. As the name implies, the EcoFlow Power Hat has small solar panels embedded in the brim that, when youre out and about, will help charge your portable devices. The brim is segmented, and each section has a little set of Monocrystalline Silicon cells with a rated efficiency of 24 percent. Photo by Daniel Cooper On the underside of the brim, theres a little plastic box with an LED light showing you the hat is generating a charge. Pull back the attached rubber tabs and youll find a USB-A and USB-C port, letting you charge one or two devices at a time. EcoFlow says itll output a maximum of 5V / 2.4A, so you can expect it to keep your phone or tablet topped up rather than producing anything too life-saving. Theres no battery on board, naturally, so youll need to keep a long wire handy to run from your cap down to whichever pocket you keep your devices near. Photo by Daniel Cooper The company says its sturdy enough, with each panel on a discrete segment you can fold down to near pocket size. Its IP65-rated for water and dust ingress, but steer clear of immersing it in water or putting it in a washing machine. The EcoFlow Power Hat is presently on sale for $129, plus or minus the cost of your dignity. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/wearables/ecoflows-solar-hat-is-better-for-the-planet-than-your-style-203358237.html?src=rss

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